I am assisting my sister sell her flat in Portsmouth. Will the conveyancing solicitor arrange the energy performance certificate or do I organise this?
Following the abolition of Home Packs, EPC’s was retained a mandatory part of selling a property. An energy performance certificate should be to hand in advance of the property being advertised. It is not as aspect of the sale process that law firms normally organise.Where you are using a Portsmouth conveyancing lawyer they might help arrange energy performance certificates given their relationships with long established Portsmouth assessors
Despite weeks of looking the Title Certificate and documents to my house are lost. The lawyers who conducted the conveyancing in Portsmouth years ago no longer exist.What are my options?
Gone are the days when you need to hold title official documentation to prove you are the owner of your registered land or premises, as the Land Registry hold details of all registered land or property electronically.
Should I choose a Portsmouth conveyancing solicitor based in the location that I am buying? An old friend can carry out the conveyancing but they are based over three hundred miles away.
The benefit of a high street Portsmouth conveyancing firm is that you can visit the firm to execute paperwork, hand in your ID and apply pressure on them where appropriate. They will also have local insight which is a bonus. However nothing is more important than finding someone that will do a good and efficient job. If if people you trust used your friend and in the main were content that must trump using an unfamiliar Portsmouth conveyancing lawyer just because they are Portsmouth based.